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GENEVA: The World Health Organisation said on Friday that a global initiative to speed up the development and production of Covid-19 tests, vaccines and treatments will require more than $30 billion over the next year. Providing details of the so-called ACT accelerator, launched in April and aimed at pooling international resources to combat the pandemic, WHO said “the costed plans …

Spraying disinfectant on the streets, as practised in some countries, does not eliminate the new coronavirus and even poses a health risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Saturday. In a document on cleaning and disinfecting surfaces as part of the response to the virus, the WHO says spraying can be ineffective. “Spraying or fumigation of outdoor spaces, such …

LONDON: Europe was still in the “eye of the storm” of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organisation warned on Thursday, as parts of the continent moved to ease restrictions but others extended lockdowns and postponed major events. Since emerging in China late last year, the virus has turned the world upside down, killing tens of thousands, forcing half of …

PARIS: Countries across the globe went on heightened virus alert on Friday, sealing borders and cancelling cultural and sporting events in a frenzied bid to slow the ballooning pandemic. Financial markets end­ured a rollercoaster ride after a week of spectacular losses triggered by fears the outbreak will lead to a worldwide economic recession. The death toll jumped over 5,000 on …

GENEVA: The World Health Organi­sation said on Monday that more than 70 percent of those infected with the new coronavirus in China have recovered, adding that the country was “bringing its epidemic under control”. Out of the more than 80,000 cases of COVID-19 in China, “more than 70 percent have recovered and have been discharged,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus …

BEIJING: The world has entered uncharted territory in its battle against the deadly coronavirus, the UN health agency warned, as new infections dropped dramatically in China on Tuesday but surged abroad with the US death toll rising to nine. Globally, the virus has killed more than 3,100 people and infected over 90,000 even as a clear shift in the crisis …

TRIPOLI: Fighting near Tripoli has killed 121 people since strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive earlier this month to take the Libyan capital, the World Health Organisation said on Sunday. In clashes between Haftar’s forces and those of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), both sides have proclaimed “advances” but neither appears to have made substantial progress on the …